The capture of Fort Henry was the first major battle that would soon bring notoriety to General US Grant.Grant led the Union forces that included generals McClernand and C.F. Smith. Union naval officer Andrew Foote's gunboats were essential for the victory in the capture of Fort Henry. On the Confederate side, the Fort Henry commander was Lloyd Tighman.
Henry T. Owen was a Confederate naval captain.
Henry's friend took the confederate flag from the rebel holders during the charge.
Former Confederate Captain Henry Wirz was convicted of war crimes when he was in charge of the Andersonville POW camp. He was hanged on November 10, 1865.
General Henry Wager Halleck's mission in the Wester Theater were complex and not easy to execute considering the difficult water hazards and heat of the South. With all that in mind, he had orders for General US Grant to complete. He wanted Grant to secure the Union position on the eastern banks of the Mississippi River. Halleck advised Grant to march to the northeast of Vicksburg and assault the Confederate force that was fortifying Yazoo City. Grant was charged with ending the Confederate fortification building and to capture their cannons. Also, to capture any shipping located on the nearby Yazoo River.
It gave the Union control of the Tennessee River.
General Grant and Admiral Foote.
General Grant and Admiral Foote.
Because they had been recently built as such. And Halleck's first order to Grant was to capture them. In the case of Donelson, Grant captured 15,000 Confederate prisoners.
Andrew Hull Foote
General US Grant had 15,000 troops which were accompanied by seven gunboats when he took over Confederate Fort Henry on February 6, 1862.
The capture of Confederate forts Henry and Donalson were a key to the battle of Shiloh that would occur later in 1862. The loss of these two forts allowed an opening for the Union troops to use river boats to move into the Confederate state of Tennessee.
James Henry Lane - Confederate general - died on 1907-09-21.
James Henry Lane - Confederate general - was born on 1833-07-28.
Major Henry Wirz
On February 6, 1862 he captured Fort Henry and on Feb. 15, 1862, Fort Donelson.The fall of the two forts allowed the Union army to move up the Tennessee deep into Confederate territory.
Confederate Major Heinrich Hartmann Wirz (known as Henry Wirz).
Henry. S. Lubbock